BLACKSBURG, Va. – The eighth-ranked Duke men’s tennis team completed a 7-0 sweep of No. 52 Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon in Atlantic Coast Conference action, after the match was moved indoors to the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center due to inclement weather. The Blue Devils improve to 15-4 on the season and 3-1 in ACC play, while the Hokies fall to 10-4 and 2-1 in conference action.

Duke opened the match by sweeping the doubles point, claiming the first match on court two as the 25th-ranked tandem of Chris Mengel and Fred Saba downed Hunter Koontz and Lucas Oliveira, 8-6. At the No. 1 position, the top-ranked duo of senior Henrique Cunha and Raphael Hemmeler edged Virginia Tech’s Andreas Bjerrehus and Amerigo Contini, 9-8 (2). The win clinched the opening point for the Blue Devils and marked Cunha and Hemmeler’s second victory of the weekend over a top-25 opponent.

Playing in the third position, the pair of Jason Tahir and Daniel McCall completed the sweep for Duke, as the pair outlasted Trpimir Kujundzic and Marko Lovrinovic, 9-8 (4).

In singles, Tahir continued his strong play, defeating Joao Monteiro in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, while freshman Michael Redlicki gave the Blue Devils a commanding 3-0 lead after his win at the No. 3 spot in the lineup over Oliveira, 6-1, 6-2.

In the fifth position, Hemmeler clinched the match for Duke after defeating Kujundzic, 6-2, 6-4. The win for Hemmeler is his team-leading 26th of the season and the 11th win for the sophomore at the No. 5 position in the singles lineup.

Duke completed the sweep of Virginia Tech following wins from Mengel, Saba and Cunha. At the No. 4 position, Mengel edged Virginia Tech’s Koontz in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6 (5), while Saba picked up his third consecutive win over a ranked opponent after he bested Bjerrehus, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. The win marks Saba’s fourth this season over a ranked opponent. At the top spot in the lineup, Cunha continued his impressive final season as a Blue Devil, topping No. 73 Contini in three sets, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. Cunha remains undefeated for the dual season, as the senior owns a 12-0 mark from the top position of the lineup.

Up next, the Blue Devils will continue ACC play against Florida State at Ambler Tennis Stadium Saturday, March 30 at 11 a.m.